Cymatiidae

Family of gastropods

Cymatiidae
Argobuccinum pustulosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Tonnoidea
Family: Cymatiidae
Iredale, 1913 (1854)[1]
Genera

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatiinae Powell, 1933

Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha.[1] Members of this family are predators.[2]

Genera

The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera:[1]

  • Argobuccinum Herrmannsen, 1846
  • Austrosassia Finlay, 1931
  • Austrotriton Cossmann, 1903
  • Cabestana Röding, 1798
  • Cymatiella Iredale, 1924
  • Cymatium Roding, 1798
  • Cymatona Iredale, 1929
  • Distorsomina Beu, 1998
  • Fusitriton Cossmann, 1903
  • Gelagna Schauffus, 1869
  • Gutturnium Mørch, 1852
  • Gyrineum Link, 1807
  • Halgyrineum Beu, 1998
  • † Haurokoa C. A. Fleming, 1955
  • Linatella Gray, 1857
  • Lotoria Emerson & Old, 1963
  • Monoplex Perry, 1810
  • Personella Conrad, 1865
  • Proxicharonia Powell, 1938
  • Ranularia Schumacher, 1817
  • Reticutriton Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Sassia Bellardi, 1873
  • Septa Perry, 1810
  • Turritriton Dall, 1904

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cymatiidae Iredale, 1913 (1854). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ Ponder, Winston Frank; Lindberg, David R.; Ponder, Juliet Mary (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. CRC Press. p. 1934. ISBN 978-1-351-11564-3.
  • Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Cymatiidae


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